Then I shook out the folds of my clothes. I said, “God will do the same thing to every person that doesn’t keep his promise. God will shake them out of their houses and they will lose everything they worked for! That person will lose everything!”
If the people in that home welcome you, then they are worthy of your peace. May they have the peace you wished them. But if the people don’t welcome you, then they are not worthy of your peace. Take back the peace you wished for them.
If any town refuses to accept you or refuses to listen to you, then leave that town. Shake their dust off your feet. {\cf2\super [65]} This will be a warning to them.”
Then Jesus said to the followers, “If a person accepts a little child like this in my name, then that person accepts me. And when a person accepts me, that person accepts the One (God) that sent me. The person among you that is the most humble—that person is a great (important) person.”
If the people in the town will not welcome you, go outside the town and shake their dust off of your feet. {\cf2\super [159]} This will be a warning to them.”
But the Jews there would not accept Paul’s teaching. They said some very bad things. So Paul shook off the dust from his clothes. {\cf2\super [363]} He said to the Jews, “If you are not saved, it will be your own fault! I have done all I can do! After this, I will go only to non-Jewish people!”